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Celebrating Zhong Qiu Jie

On Friday, September 13th, Hackley Middle and Upper school Chinese students celebrated Zhong Qiu Jie, China’s Mid-Autumn Festival.
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HackDigs: Sunday, 9/22

The Archeological Institute of America is hosting an event at Hackley on Sunday, September 22, and the featured speaker is our very own Dr. Adrianne Pierce, presenting on her work with students in "Archeology in the Classroom." Interested members of the community are welcome! 2:00 - 3:15 PM in the Lindsay Room.
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Learning from the Person Right Next to You

In her Convocation address, Community Council President Taylor Robin '20 inspired the Hackley community to listen, learn, and expand their perspectives.
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Three New Endowed Funds Supporting Redefining Excellence

Hackley School is proud and grateful to announce the creation of three new endowed funds that will support the ambitious priorities of Redefining Excellence: Learning Beyond Boundaries, Hackley’s strategic plan.
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Athletes of the Week, 9/12

Jonah Gorevic '21, Maggie Broaddus '20, Conor McMahon '20, and Jenny Canoni '20 are Hackley's latest Athletes of the Week.
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Canoni Reaches 600 Saves

Jenny Canoni ’20 recorded her 600th save on Wednesday, September 11th, an accomplishment very few have achieved. Jenny, who was already our career saves leader on the Hilltop, continues to stymie offenses with her outstanding play. Congratulations, Jenny.
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Hackley Reads...All Summer!

Challenged to tell what they read this summer (and rewarded for reporting with a Tootsie Pop!), nearly 100 Hackley students reported back about their summer adventures in reading.
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2019-20 New Employees

Hackley is pleased to welcome 19 new members of the faculty and staff for the 2019-20 school year.
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Finding Our Way with Maps

Hackley second graders have been learning about maps and map skills in Social Studies, and used Hackley's trail maps as a real life test of their map skills.
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Leading by Example

Hackley Lower School's vibrant Team Lego program continues to grow, and recently enjoyed a visit from program "graduate" Ben I., current sixth grader, who has been mentoring the Lower School teams since last year.
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US Debate Starts the Year Strong

The Hackley Upper School Public Forum team started their fall season with a strong showing at their first tournament this past weekend.
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Giving Back to the Community

The Hudson Independent recently featured Amy Chalan '19 and her great work on behalf of the local Tarrytown community, an extension of her work with Hudson Scholars.
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Leading Effort in Football Safety

Hackley School is collaborating with Riverdale Country School and other independent schools in the greater New York City area to partner with the Concussion Legacy Foundation to launch the Future of Football Project. The project will be focused on making High School football safer in our country.

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Holmes, US U19 Lacrosse, Win World Championship

Leah Holmes '20 and the United States U19 Lacrosse Team dominated the World Championship competition, defeating 2nd place Canada 13-3. Leah led the team in scoring, with four goals, including the team's first goal, about 8 minutes into the game. Read about it here.
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Ryan Smith ’17 Pitches for Cape Cod League

Ryan Smith ’17 is pitching for the Harwich Mariners, which is competing in the Cape Cod League's championship series, which runs through August 10.
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Come Support Hudson Scholars on Saturday, 7/27

Saturday, July 27th, the Hudson Scholars program will run three exciting Service-Learning projects based in Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow. Please stop by, say hi, join in, buy some lemonade or cheer on our Scholars, Hudson Scholars faculty and amazing Upper School Mentors.
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Hackley Gaming Presenters at Historicon

Hackley History teacher Jared Fishman and Dillon Schaevitz '19 ran a one hour seminar and game at Historicon 2019, talking about Hackley’s gaming program, how it evolved, its impact on student well being, and presenting Dillon’s senior project which focused on games.
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Growing Through Discomfort

Julianne Puente ’91’s Journey in Jordan
By Suzy Akin

A career educator learns the growth that comes from learning to be comfortable with being uncomfortable.
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Jenny Leffler on Julianne Puente '91

What I loved most about working with Julianne was her passion and the way it spread like wildfire.
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Julianne Puente ’91 and Margaret Scarcella ’84

Julianne’s first visited Hackley at the invitation of Margaret Scarcella ’84, who as a high school student coached Julianne’s 5th grade basketball team back home.
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Immersed in Multiple Perspectives

The Spring 2019 Casten Trip to Israel and Palestine. Steele Sternberg shares the lessons gained across varying perspectives in a place where there's no getting away from difference of opinion.
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Ismene Germanakos '19: 19th at Nationals

On Friday, June 14th, in Greensboro North Carolina, javelin thrower, Ismene Germanakos represented Hackley at the most prestigious high school track competition in the country, New Balance Nationals.

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Getting to the Heart of the Matter

Valentina Castro '19 is among local students profiled in The Hudson Independent, In the story, she talks of her desire to study medicine, inspired in part by her Hackley Senior Project experience.
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Habits of Accomplishment

New on Hackley Perspectives, Head of School Michael Wirtz reflects on the values represented by a Hackley diploma.
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